FULL NAME: Karun Dube
GENDER: Male
BORN: May 30, 1955 (Source: cricketarchive.com)
FAMILY: Father (Ravi Charan Dube), Mother (Tara Dube)
HOME ADDRESS: Delhi, India
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Post Graduate
PROFESSION: Worked at Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).
TYPE OF PLAYER: Right-hand batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler
TEAMS PLAYED FOR: Orissa Seniors, Delhi U-22, Delhi Univesity, Delhi Seniors, North Zone Universities, Bengal Seniors, Delhi Seniors and East Zone Seniors.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Played 57 First-Class, 16 List-A and 14 Miscellaneous matches in a career, spanning from seasons 1975-76 to 1993-94.
*     The 57 First-Class matches include 32 for Orissa, 16 for East Zone, 7 for Bengal and 3 for Delhi.
*     The 57 First-Class matches featured 41 in Ranji Trophy, 14 in Duleep Trophy and 1 each against West Indies and England.
*     The 16 List-A matches include 10 in Deodhar Trophy, 5 in Wills Trophy and 1 in Ranji Trophy One-Day Tournaemnts.
*     The 16 List-A matches featured 10 for East Zone, 3 for Orissa, 2 for Wills XI and 1 for Bengal.
*     The 14 Miscellaneous matches featured 4 in CK Nayudu Trophy U-22 Tournament, 6 in Rohinton Baria Trophy Inter-University Tournament and 4 in Vizzy Trophy Inter-Zone Varsity Tournament.

OVERALL FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
Batting and Fielding: 57 matches, 89 innings, 6 not outs, 2839 runs, 153 highest, 34.20 average, eight centuries, 15 half-centuries, 24 catches.
Bowling: 57 matches, 23 overs, 45 runs, 2 wickets, 2/9 best bowling in an innings, 22.50 average, 1.94 economy.

OVERALL LIST-A PERFORMANCE:
Batting and Fielding: 16 matches, 16 innings, 0 not out, 644 runs, 140 highest, one century, 4 half-centuries, 5 catches.

DETAILS OF FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE FOR ORISSA & EAST ZONE:
30, DNB: Odisha vs Maharashtra, Ranji Trophy, Quarterfinal, Pune Club Ground, Pune, 26 Feb-2 March, 1994.
1, 11, 0/1: Odisha vs Madhya Pradesh, Ranji Trophy, Pre-Quarterfinal, Nehru Stadium, Indore, 12-16 Feb, 1994.
41, Absent hurt: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Permit Ground, Balasore, 4-6 January, 1994.
22: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Berhampur Stadium, Berhampur, 27-29 December, 1993.
63: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Ispat Stadium, Rourkela, 19-22 December, 1993.
0, 10*: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Berhampur Stadium, Berhampur, 10-12 December, 1993.
4, 0/4, 22: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 24-26 December, 1986.
28, 2/9: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, NEF Railway Ground, Guwahati, 12-14 Dec, 1986.
139: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 5-7 December, 1986.
45, 4: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Baripada Stadium, Baripada, 29-31 January, 1986.
56, 0/0: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Ispat Stadium, Rourkela, 15-17 January, 1986.
54: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Baxi Jagabandhu Stadium, Talcher, 4-6 January, 1986.
51: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Permit Ground, Balasore, 28-30 December, 1985.
53, 60: Odisha vs Karnataka, Ranji Trophy, Quarterfinal match, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, 7-10 March, 1985.
60, 127, 0/2: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 8-10 December, 1984.
24: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Nowgong SC Ground, Nowgong, 1-3 December, 1984.
20, 15*: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, SAIL Stadium, Ranchi, 24-26 November, 1984.
0/6, 8, 10: Orissa vs Rajasthan, Ranji Trophy, Pre-Quarterfinal, Ispat Stadium, Rourkela, 22-25 February, 1984.
34, 55: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Ispat Stadium, Rourkela, 27-29 November, 1983.
153: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Baripada Stadium, Baripada, 17-19 November, 1983.
26, 0/3, 34: Odisha vs Bombay, Ranji Trophy, Quarterfinal match, Wankhede Stadium, Bombay, 11-13 February, 1983.
6, 0: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, ERD Stadium, Asansol, 23-25 December, 1982.
54: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna, 17-19 December, 1982.
3, 40*: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, DAS Outdoor Stadium, Dibrugarh, 10-12 December, 1982.
41, 2: East Zone vs North Zone, Duleep Trophy, Semifinal match, Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, 8-11 October, 1982.
88, 8: East Zone vs West Zone, Duleep Trophy, Final match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 20-23 February, 1981.
0/0, 8, 4: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Khalikote College Ground, Berhampur, 18-19 December, 1981.
0, 11, 0/5: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 11-13 December, 1980.
0/3, 5, 82*: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 5-7 December, 1980.
23, 25, 0/2: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna, 21-23 November, 1980.
18, 0/5: East Zone vs South Zone, Duleep Trophy match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 7-10 December, 1979.
12, 24, 0/1: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Ispat Stadium, Rourkela, 2-4 December, 1979.
62, 7: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 27-29 November, 1979.
40, 50: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 22-24 November, 1979.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Led Orissa in four First-Class (Ranji Trophy) matches in 1986.
*     His father was a fighter pilot in Indian Air Force.
*     Karun is a close friend of former India captain Kapil Dev.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 17 July, 2009
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 8 September, 2020